Showing posts with label simon clark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label simon clark. Show all posts

Thursday, July 22, 2010

COMMON SENSE FROM FOREST


Well done Simon Clark over at Taking Liberties for his excellent response to the Mirror article about actress Billie Piper smoking outside a pub when a child was nearby.

His words make common sense - despite the fact that he was misquoted - as opposed to the righteous ranting of the anti who uses the same old blah-de-blah crap about the "4,000" chemicals etc... Yawnnnn

Of course these "4,000" chemicals can be found in just about all things around us today although in tobacco, they have a much lower risk factor than those exaggerated by the anti-smoking industry and nowhere near as harmful as those found in everyday cleaning products for example.

There is also Rich White's excellent book which puts the risk of chemicals in tobacco into its true perspective.

It also nice to see over at Simon's blog that the Save Our Pubs and Clubs amendthesmokingban.com campaign has stepped up a gear.

For those of you who don't me, I am in the group photograph, with dark hair, next to the blonde lady on one side and Anthony Worrall Thompson on the other.

Monday, March 29, 2010

SMOKING BAN'S HUMAN, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COST

I have been quite moved by some of the responses on Simon Clarke's Blog.

Simon is meeting with the pub minister, John Healey, and he asked his readers for questions he could take with him.

The human, social, economic and political cost of the ban is told by the people who just want their lives back.

Friday, March 12, 2010

GUY TV - BRILLIANT!



Great TV report about Nick Hogan's release and more.

H/T Simon Clark at Taking Liberties

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Saturday, March 6, 2010

NICK HOGAN - TARGET REACHED !!!


I am really busy this weekend finalising my short story, Great Granny's House, for my MA monthly assignment. and so I won't spend much time here boring Baz, in particular, with my thoughts on what we smokers and freedom loving non-smokers have acheived. Read Anna Racoon, Old Holborn and Simon Clark's blogs for the full update on how we reached the target to free pub landlord Nick Hogan within four days.

No one can say that this was not a great effort. I believe, and so do many others, that this has proved there is more public support for choice than oppression. ASH, which couldn't function without Pharmaceutical industry and Govt support, only raised £4000 in a year from public donations. Nick Hogan's fund trawled that in from willing donators within a few hours. The grand total in a week was more than £9,000 and money is still pouring in.

Bloody well done, everyone! Read all about it, and the rest, from the links below.